A Feminist Criticism of Naguib Mahfouz " The Beginning and the End" Novel

Woman has been under oppression throughout history. Islam pays particular attention to woman and her rights. Early at the beginning of the twentieth century, the intellectuals attempted for making the voice of the oppressed women heard. Among these intellectuals, we can name Naguib Mahfouz. In his works, particularly his realistic novels, he has talked about the women oppression and her violated rights. The researcher of this study attemptsto exploreNaguib Mahfouz’s attitude towards women in one of his realistic novels, “The Beginning and the End”,through adopting feminist criticism and within the framework of feminist elements. Furthermore, based on feminist criticism, the relation between the main characters of the novel and the title, The Beginning and the End, is examined.